“Mob City was created as a three-week television event and we are incredibly proud of the six hours we presented of this remarkable drama,” a Turner rep said in a statement. “Although the ratings of the limited series haven’t warranted more hours we are eager to work with Frank Darabont again and were delighted to bring the vibrant world of Mob City to life.”

That’s disappointing, I enjoyed it. But I suppose it did have what can technically be construed as an ‘ending’, giving an alternate theory about Bugsy’s unsolved murder, so at least no major cliffhangers.

Man this show,series etc.. Was increditable. I watched every episode and was excitedly looking for the next. If it this series was based on Mr. Siegels story then maybe it shouldn’t started from the very begginning from when he was a kid thoughout the time he was made man until his last breath then we would’ve probably seen more action. I hated the fact it was canceled and had to end. Next time you producers/directors decide to tell a story about a person such as Mr. Siegel please start from the very beggining like they did in the Godfather that way it will be just as long.

It wasn’t DESIGNED as a mini-series, though. It was meant to be open-ended.

Once dumped into December and given the three-weeks-instead-of-six ‘event’, it was pretty clear it wasn’t going to last… but they still spent a lot on promotion, at least. Saw a lot of double-page ads in magazines..

They’re just trying to pull a Political Animals and get it into the tv movie/miniseries category by acting all “we meant to do that.” No you didn’t. That was a cancelled series, don’t go committing category fraud. The way FX is doing it with American Horror Story is ridiculous too. Yes I get what he’s doing, but it’s still not a traditional miniseries. Sherlock should be allowed to go in the series category too. It may be 3 episodes but it’s styled as a series (at least let them go miniseries every year not tv movie. It’s definitely not 3 tv movies). They need to fix the rules so that people can’t manipulate the system in one case or be kept out of where they should be in another. At least for the next Emmys there’s so many tv movies and miniseries that they have to split up the categories again.

Yes, I think it’s worth watching. It had a satisfying enough conclusion, so you won’t feel as though it’s incomplete. I would have liked a second season, though. It captured the mood of the times pretty well and the cast was pretty terrific.

Can we really say it was cancelled, though? Wasn’t this essentially advertised as a TV mini-series? I always got the impression that this was a 3-week event and it would conclude. Then again, I didn’t watch. So I don’t know how it ended. I was just a little thrown when it said “cancelled” as I thought it was being advertised as a mini-series, not a full fledged series.

The shooting in the back turned me off in the second episode/hour. They, probably, lost a lot of western-type viewers with that. (western meaning type, not genre, btw) Those are the type of viewers that would enjoy the clean-up years, irregardless of viewer age. I bet some demo viewers fall into that category.

Please don’t speak on behalf of everyone in the west, especially if you’re going to use words like ‘irregardless’. The ratings started low and they ended low. How it was promoted and what network it was on made all the difference. Would be a different story if the show was on HBO or Showtime.

Like myself, many people probably had not heard of the show. I heard about the show with two episodes left, and fell in love with it. The ending was fastastic. It would be a shame to let something that could be epic slip through the cracks. The major movie companies that turned down the Lord of the ring movies know how that feels. Please bring it back

I’m not sorry to see it go, it was really boring. Though the sodomy scene with the banana sure woke me up momentarily. Also, the carousel shoot-out was kind of interesting, but dragged on way too long. I was bummed that I didn’t like this show, because I was really excited for it before it started.

Dammit, stop screwing Frank Darabont over after only 6 episodes! First the Walking Dead nonsense now this. I mean it wasn’t his best work, yeah, but was still hooked. The conclusion was awesome to the point I almost wanted to write that in all caps.

Why watch another show about mobs and gunfire?? I can just as easily turn on the news and get the shooting du jour! How about producing a show with “Heart” or “Hope” or “Pay It Forward” attitude; something the viewing public can get behind and unite with the characters!

I rarely watch TNT anymore. They burned my family when they cancelled Monday Mornings. I normally would have watched a show like this ( Mob City ) but I’ve learned my lesson when it comes to TNT. They don’t support or promote new shows and then blame that new show for it’s failure. I’m sorry for those folks that liked this show but use this as a lesson. Avoid TNT.

I love mobster films, especially ones from the 1930s and 40s. I like the director and the cast, but instead of a fresh take on that kind of material it often came off like a bad parody of mobster films from the 30s and 40s. Considering the people involved it was THE most disappointing show of the past year. Hopefully all involved can rebound and come back with better material, especially Darabont.

You are exactly right about it coming off more as a parody. I was looking forward to this more than any new show this year and with a great cast and Frank Darabont and the Film Noir era how could it go wrong? It wasn’t terrible, just disappointing.

Too bad,I enjoyed it.But I’m not gonna cry.It was a bit topical and overacted,specially the girl.How many times have we see this kind of character?I always liked this historical time,but there are better ways to do it.I also watched Bonnie and Clyde recently and it was so much better.

I was enjoying this show , love tis era, love the gangster genre . I thought Robert Knepper as Sid Rothman was particularly good., but Ed burns as Bugsy Siegel was good too. This was on the fox network , and shown in Ireland in Six Approx 45 minute episodes . I was recording them, was going to burn a DVD of the series. Ah well, but I’ve seen worse shows continued on( Buffy, Rubbish, Once upon a time ( started well, then just silly, Grimm same thing

This is totally crappy ola!!! You killed the damn vibe of the show!! What should we do as viewers to get the show back in t.v? We need that show to many reality shows.. That’s original people need to remember how we got to this point in life!! I really hurt by this show being gone!

I almost stopped watching during the first hour, but once I got past the first episode, it got pretty good. Very good acting, and dialog that made the bad guys as interesting as the good. Could have used more “snap” though.